23 March, Mon

DUBLIN

Daffodil is one of the most earliest blooming flowers in the Spring, so it is also a sign of the Research Center of Cancer. I walk to explore Dublin. First photo-custom house. Then, Dublin Castle with its park. Trinity College where Bro Nee visited before. In Trinity College there is a very famous library-The book of Kells. Its long room is full with books from the roof top to the floor. Very impressive. Things are more expensive here if compare with Belfast. for example, the same meal Burger King offer, cost 1.99 gbp in Belfast, yet it cost 3.50 euro in Dublin and 2.50 euro in Madrid. To live here is not easy.

Below is some testimony of the saints in Dublin,

Brother Kenneth's family,"Everytime in the special fellowship of the 7 annual conferences and training, there will be a call for Lord's move to Europe. We received the burden from there. Sis Shirley is stronger, she start to apply job in Dublin. Once she get it, we just settle all our things and come over. Initially we do consider to move to Dublin during December. But at last, we felt that since we want to come, why not come earlier? So, I sell all my machines and the factory, and introduce my workers who had worked with me for more than 10 years to work in my friends' factory. Later, it is shown that it is really the Lord's timing. If we delay and wait until December, Sis Shirley is not going to get any job(economy is too bad now) and i will not be able to sell anything, you can consider as throwing the whole factory just like that(no value anymore), and my workers will not be accepted by my friends. So, it is really of the Lord that we came to Dublin on last July. Now, beside a house, we leave nothing in Malaysia, we had fully moved here. " May the Lord continue to bless this family for His need on earth.

Bro Lee Tong's family,"19997, Sis Chii Chii pray that the Lord would gave her five years to settle all things, so that she can be a free man to coordinate with the Lord. 1998, in a english speaking conference in East Malaysia, after the first message on Knowing the Body, we pray in our room together and both of us had the same feeling-we should come back to Dublin. So, Sis Chii Chii do came back yet found the timing not right. Therefore, we continue our life in Malaysia while waiting on the Lord. We also feel that we are lack in many aspect, there is a need to go through training. In another English speaking conference in East Malaysia, Bro Lee Tong is sitting beside Bro Ron, and Bro Ron as him why dont you come to FTTA for one semester. So, we have the affirmation from the body. Another question come, should Lee Tong go alone all whole family moved there? At last, we feel that this is a matter involving the whole family, so we all should go. We paid all the loans, just leave a house, a clinic and a lawyer firm behind unsettled. One day in America, Sis Chii Chii felt that she should call a person who had been to their house with an intension to buy that house. She called and found out that person is going to bank to withdraw money to pay deposit for another house. He asked whether I can cut the price, if do, he will buy our house. I say, ok. Then, the house is settled. And Sis Shirley also took over the clinic. At last, the lawyer firm is also settled. After one semester, we plan to go back to Malaysia first before coming to Dublin. Yet, we feel that we should come to Dublin right away. So, we bought another tickets and go through some difficulty and finally reached Dublin. When we first stepped our feet on Dublin, we have no jobs, no home, nothing. After a week, we found a house and moved in, I got a job and our life start to settled down. Only vision will keeps you going on. Here, the weather is cold(even summer the max is 25C and its really short), people is cold, if not of the vision, why are we here? Only vision can sustained us. The Lord really remember our prayers, from the year I consecrated until the year we moved, it is exactly five years. We may forget, but the Lord will remember." Amen, praise the Lord!

p/s: people in Belfast and Dublin always drink, alcoholic drinks here is cheaper than the drinking water. And they have a very strong christianity religious background. And there are a lots of poison from the website which refer us as cult. Pray more.

22 March, Lord's Day

DUBLIN

At 11am, we break the bread with the saints of the church in Dublin. They start to break bread in 2005. The saints attended the Lord's Table meeting is about 3o to 40 persons. We share on the crystalization study of Acts, message 2-One Accord. I met Sis Du Juan from China. When i saw her, right away i know she is Lan Fang's sister. After taking love feast together, and fellowship with some saints, Bro. Kenneth and family bring me to asia market, then to the University College Dublin, the biggest university in Ireland. on the way, i took the photo of the residentual area in Dublin and also pine tree with its fruits. On the way home, we passed through the central city of Dublin. there is a spiral served as the landmark in Dublin which spent 300 Million to buit it(just as landmark without any other function). Dinner, the saints treat me with a very rich chinese meal in a "shi chuan restaurant". We cant finished the food, very delicious. Bro. Kenneth(Ryan, Phoebe, Shirley and Kenneth) and Bro Lee Tong(Grace, Lee Tong, Joseph, Chii Chii and Samuel)'s family.

21 March, Sat

DUBLIN, IRELAND

After taking our breakfast, Bro Lawrence, Sis Sondora and I get on our trip to Dublin. Bro Lawrence drived. He helped me to get the photos of the cows and sheeps at the country side beside the highway. Whenever i saw the sheep( i saw a lot on the way to Giant Causeway), a verse will play in my mind : 千山的羊,萬山的牛都是我的. Amen. They really are. So, may the Lord bless His move in Europe in a way where there is no lack to meet every need. The sheeps are very cute. Some of them, their face is black and body is white. very funny. In Ireland, you can see sakura everywhere(no need to go Japan). We reached Bro Lee Tong's house and have lunch there. In the evening, we go to Bro Kenneth's house for young people's meeting. There are 10 youth. They are very active. They sitted and sing the hymns together, they pick their favourite hymns. but after the singing, they start to do whatever they want. Some playing with handphone, others drawing something on the carpet with fingers, but some do participate very much when the brother is sharing. They will respond to what you say. Very active. and there are two new ones who were invited by one of the youth. They like hymn singing. After the meeting, we make "pao" together. At night, we attended the video mesage on International Chinese Speaking Conference, 2009, message 3. About 10 saints attended, most of them are from China, they work in Dublin. But because it is at night and the light is not bright enough, so i didnt took their picture. Sorry.

20 March, Fri

BELFAST

Today, I bought Metro Bus's day ticket again. The first photo is the scenery i took from bradburry place, Bro Lawrence's house. Then i walked to Queen's University and visited their lecture hall. Then to the botanic garden beside it, and visited the palm house. The flowers in the palm house are very beautiful. Then, only i took a bus to St. George's Market. It is very much different from what we have in Malaysia. Their post office really look like a bank. Albert Memorial Clock is one of the landmark in Belfast. I visitted their Central Library, not much things inside. Ulster University(Ulster means Ireland). Then, I go to waterfront hall, to take pictures of the Queen's bridge and the symbol of a woman holding a ring, which signify Ireland's liberty. Lastly, I visited St. Anne Cathedral, all the chair has a small pillow with it, it is for prayer and because i missed the Ulster Museum(under renovation), so i took the image of the person in Ireland's suit in the cathedral. Just focus on the image, ignore the words. I felt tired, so i went home very early and enjoy chatting with Sis Sandora. The people here in Europe are very friendly, they will try to help you as much as possible. And they do not push one another to get on the bus, instead, they will let other people go first. i saw a middle age woman stand up to give her sit to an old lady. right after that, a young lady stood up and want to give her sit to that middle age lady. When it comes to open a door, they will always hold the door open until you catch up. And, man always let lady first. Saints said i am very lucky as these few days is a sunny day. Usually it will rain and rain never stop. So, all my murmur(the sun follow me wherever i go), turns to thanks. After experienced the cold weather here, i know why they love the sun so much. I myself, also start to miss the hot weather in Malaysia. I missed you all.

19 March, Thurs

BELFAST

I joined a trip with Paddywagon to Giant Causeway, depart at 8:30am. While waiting, I took the photo of the students who are on their ways to school and the metro bus i took yesterday. The trip is a guided tour, but i cant really catch what the driver is saying cause i'm not used to their pronounciation. I sitted on the left, the row behind the driver, later, i found i had choosed the wrong sit. as the scenary is either a street away from me or on the right. what i get is just sunshine. The sun follows me to and fro. So, not much nice picture i had got. The first station of our trip is Londonderry, which is a small town, the only fully walled city ever found in England now. i walk on the wall. it is just like the wall in daugavpils, it is at least 5 meters wide, you can walk on it. The building behind me is a guildhall(civic and cultural center for Londonderry). The next photo is carrick a rede ropebridge. it is hanged between two land about the sea. but what attrack me the most here is a group of birds swarmed on the surface of sea. i cant see what they are doing there but there is definitely no land under them, they are on the sea(may be catching fish), and they can continuously stay there for a long time. i found it marvelous, but because of my poor camera, i cant really zoom in to take their photo. Sorry for that. i will change my camera one day. It can only take nice photo with sufficient day light, cant set timer(so i never get everybody in the photo), zooming is very limitted, when the weather is cold, battery exhausted in a very short time.... Sorry, start complaining. Haha.

Actually, before Carrick a rede ropebridge, we went to the Giant Causeway first. The most interesting figure there is the rock are naturally in hexagon shape. wonderful right?? Only God can made this. According to Bro Lawrence, some stone look like musical organ,eg. organ pipes, and etc., giant boot, granny, and ... but because the time given to us is just an hour and the journey i take to the beach is about 25 minutes, so i didnt look for those things. Sorry. Next time, please dont take Paddywagon, choose other company. We reached Belfast again around 6pm.

8:30pm we have home meeting in Bro Patrick's house. He prepared dinner for us. A brother says, you have to know everything. right after you come back from job, you are the one who prepare food, then rush out to pick people to the meeting, then you shepherd them, then you send them home, then you do all the cleaning. Yes, i can fully understand how he feel. we all experienced this when we served. and the only encouragement is always His smile, nothing more. Of course, sometime when you see people growing in the Lord, you feel happy, but their situation will always fractuated. So, in the process, the Lord is training us to be like Him, a root out of dry ground. Ok, that night, the home meeting is very enjoyable. The saints pick the hymns themself, and they sing from one hymns to another, non stop. they enjoy it so much. Especially sis Olu, she pray back the hymn to the Lord, and we converse with the Lord by using the hymns. then, we have a little bit of sharing on the word. Sis Olu says, Lord is making us Him. So, we need to be open to Him, let Him constitute us. That's why we have His life and nature, so that He can come into us and give us more of Himself. We cant overflow if the Christ in us is not abundant. So, we must be filled with Him abundantly. Praise the Lord!

From right in the picture is Sis Olu and Bro Patrick from Nigeria, Bro Lawrence from Malaysia, Bro Bob from canada and Sis Annie, local. What a sweet fellowship in the body. later, there is a contact Susan who attended theological school before joined us. She says, i feel that to be a Christian shouldnt be a matter just of religion. it should be about a living person. That's why i'm seeking. May the Lord preserved her that her eyes may be opened to see the revelation if this wonderful Christ and all His riches in the church. Amen.

18 March, Wed

BELFAST

I bought Metro Bus day ticket which cost me 2.70gbp and I can take the bus in anytime to anywhere in that day. So, I visited quit some places. First of all is Belfast Castle with its beautiful garden(it is a cat not dog). A cathedral. Mural with title: Titanic. Belfast is the place where titanic was made in the history. Then, to Aunt Sandra's Candy Shop, they sell only hand made candy. The machine I'm holding is used to shape the candy. Parliament. The guard at the entrance told me that it took about 15 minutes to get to the building, which I found to be half an hour(may be my leg is short, or i walked too slow compare to them). The next photo shows a hospital, its old and new building in a very big contrast. I had underestimated the weather, so I return to the city center earlier to get some cloths to keep myself warm. I'm freezing. The last photo is city hall with the big wheel at its side. The big wheel is just like the eyes of Malaysia. I didnt get on it.

At night, Bro Lawrence brought me to visit a family, Bro Bob and Sis Mei Lan from Canada who's origin is from China. They are in a situation which cause them to doubt about the blessing of the Lord. May the Lord continue to strengthen this family, add faith of Christ into them, that they may be preserved for His move on earth.